T206 Double-Prints....also, T205's, GOUDEY's, BOWMAN's, TOPPS D-P's

[tedzan]

Probably the most "famous" Double-Printed (DP) card is the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (card #311). The 1952 Topps cards were printed on 100-card sheets. The
track width of their printing press was 54 inch, resulting in the printing of two adjacent 100-card sheets. The 1952 Topps Hi # sheet includes 97 subjects (cards
#311-407). Therefore, to fill out a 100-card sheet, Topps had to DP three of their subjects. Very smartly, they selected the 3 most popular players of that era....
Jackie Robinson, Bobby Thomson, and Mickey Mantle.

The printing of the Mantle cards by the use of the two plates resulted in some minor differences. These have been identified as Type 1 and Type 2. Illustrated
here are these differences........



.... Type 2 .................................................. ............................................. Type 1
....

...../\---- glossy arm -----/\............../\......../\---- rough border on name box



Next post will return to PRE-WAR printing practices.


TED Z

[g_vezina_c55]

nice post ! I love the 33 goudey story and the fact that goudey don't print the card 106 in 1933.

[hangman62]

Ted,
Very kind of you to share your card knowledge

Ral G

[obcbobd]

Great Stuff.

Thanks Ted!

Bob

[Cardboard Junkie]

There are actually 2 diff "types" of all 3 double printed hi# 52's Also differences in "cropping on the front of low # 52s depending on the back color.
The easiest way to tell is the direction the threads point on the baseball circled number on the back of the card. One type is pointed right the other type is pointed left. aloha, dave.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

There are actually 2 diff "types" of all 3 double printed hi# 52's Also differences in "cropping on the front of low # 52s depending on the back color.
The easiest way to tell is the direction the threads point on the baseball circled number on the back of the card. One type is pointed right the other type is pointed left. aloha, dave.

This is very true....and, thanks for noting it.

I did not want to go thru all the "nitty gritty' regarding the three '52 TOPPS Hi # D-P cards because most on this section of Net54 frown on Post-War stuff.

Anyhow, I did point out the picture differences in the Mantle card since I thought they were noteworthy.


Best regards,

TED Z

[tedzan]

Nelson

This thread covers both your favorite sets....T206's & 1933 GOUDEY's.

Thanks for the compliment.


TED Z

[tedzan]

Ral G....Bob Donaldson


Thanks for the nice words, guys.

TED Z

[tedzan]

This mis-printed back on the Collins card clearly indicates that the adjacent card is also Collins. Could it be the Collins (mouth closed) version....which has the same back ?

Perhaps, YES. However, I think the Mouth Open version was printed in a different series than the Mouth Closed card. Maybe some of our Net54 T205 experts will chime in here and clarify which Collins card they think was printed adjacent to this one.







TED Z

[steve B]

One slight technical correction. The doubleprints would have come from two different positions on the same plate rather than two different plates.

Multiple plates with the same arrangement is possible, and sometimes those may be identifiable if there was more than one. (Actually more than one set of plates)

Steve B

Originally Posted by tedzan

Probably the most "famous" Double-Printed (DP) card is the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (card #311). The 1952 Topps cards were printed on 100-card sheets. The
track width of their printing press was 54 inch, resulting in the printing of two adjacent 100-card sheets. The 1952 Topps Hi # sheet includes 97 subjects (cards
#311-407). Therefore, to fill out a 100-card sheet, Topps had to DP three of their subjects. Very smartly, they selected the 3 most popular players of that era....
Jackie Robinson, Bobby Thomson, and Mickey Mantle.

The printing of the Mantle cards by the use of the two plates resulted in some minor differences. These have been identified as Type 1 and Type 2. Illustrated
here are these differences........



.... Type 2 .................................................. ............................................. Type 1
....

...../\---- glossy arm -----/\............../\......../\---- rough border on name box



Next post will return to PRE-WAR printing practices.


TED Z